Great picture Harry-----I had my back surgery the morning of Feb 5 and then the big snowstorm came that night----thank goodness most of the nurses were able to come to work the second storm happened while I was staying with my daughter in Lancaster----I was lucky to squeeze between all those storms and make it home on the 15th--- I'm lucky to be home and snowed in and enjoying all the Olympics--- AGAIN--that is a great picture Florence

Babka - I went to the site ... Enjoyed reading JGH's post ... then noticed it is two years old! Oh well, so curiosity took over and I read over his very extensive hosta list...which he updated in May of this year. Wow, what a list!!! I have, from time to time, wondered how he's doing and miss him on the forum. No doubt he is fully recovered and likely on an adventure with Sheila somewhere exotic. :-) Jo This post was edited by josephines67 on Wed, Jan 15, 14 at 1:22

edie, Hopefully, these pictures I took on Feb 1 will cheer you up! Indian Stripe: B&B Boar, Pink Boar, Japanese Black Trifele, Indian Stripe, Goose Creek, Big Beef: And a Japanese Cherry Tree blossoming in the neighbor's yard: Just keep thinking: The days are getting longer!!! Raybo

Dirty, is there any community veggie gardens near you? Its been years since I was in Gainesville but there used to be a nice one. I go to Ocala and Newberry sometimes but not Gainesville so not sure what's there nowdays. Four are you talking about winter seeds or warmer season seeds? I like to start a lot of my seeds indoors in the lite peat pod greenhouse things, on a heat mat. My heat mat is actually a ZooMed Reptile heat mat that I've had forever, since my dd sold her Kingsnake lol. I just use regular shop lights. Last year I got some l.e.d colored plants lights..I didnt like them because it made everything look brown and I had to turn the lights off to assess my seedlings true color LoL! I dont think my seedlings really did any better with those either. I just keep the shop lights close to the seedlings with chains. Sometimes I soak hard to start seeds in a little H2O2 mixed into warm water to kinda give them a little jumpstart/wake up and kill any fungi that might be on the seeds.